The young Thai football team whose terrifying ordeal in a flooded cave captivated the world earlier this year recounted their memories of their rescue Thursday as they visited a spectacular exhibit chronicling the drama.

Eleven “Wild Boar” footballers left their nine-day ordination as Buddhist novices on Saturday morning, in which they made merit for their hero, an ex-Navy Seal who died during their rescue from the Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai.

The 12 rescued Mu Pa footballers and their assistant coach, who are now in monkhood, on Sunday joined a ceremony to scatter in the river the ashes of a former Navy SEAL who died during the operation to rescue them.

THE MU PA Academy boys were shocked and saddened when told of the death of a former Navy SEAL during the recent marathon operation to rescue them from the flooded Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district.

A NEW ART exhibition centre is being considered for a site outside Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai, along with a statue of the former Navy SEAL diver Saman Kunan who died during the mission to rescue the Wild Boars football team.

His Majesty the King has granted graciously a posthumous promotion to a former Navy SEAL diver who lost his life during the mission to rescue the 13 footballers stranded in the Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai.

Thai and Indian artists are expressing their creativity to come up with monuments, sculptures and paintings honouring former Navy SEAL Petty Officer First Class Saman Kunan, who died during the rescue operation in the Tham Luang cave

The water pumps failed, and Commander Chaiyananta Peeranarong heard shouts of alarm as the final stage of an unprecedented operation to rescue 12 Thai boys and their coach from a flooded cave almost tipped into disaster.

A video clip shows the moment on Tuesday night when Thai Navy Seal divers, who had accompanied the last members to be rescued from deep in the Chiang Rai's flooded cave complex, leave the cave, with army medic Dr Pak Loharnshoon being the last person to get out.

Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan said on Monday the Royal Thai Navy would provide assistance to the family of a retired Navy Seals diver who drowned last week during the rescue operation at Tham Luang Cave.